SMS Árpád

SMS Árpád

1:50 scale model of Árpád
History
Austria–Hungary
Name:	Árpád
Namesake:	Árpád, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
Builder:	STT
Laid down:	10 June 1899
Launched:	11 September 1901
Commissioned:	15 June 1903
Fate:	Scrapped, 1921
General characteristics
Class and type:	Habsburg-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	8,232 long tons (8,364 t) 8,748 long tons (8,888 t) full load
Length:	375 ft 10 in (114.6 m)
Beam:	65 ft (19.8 m)
Draft:	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Installed power:	14,307 ihp (10,669 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines, 16 Belleville boilers
Speed:	19.65 knots (36.39 km/h; 22.61 mph)
Complement:	638
Armament:	3 × 24 cm (9.4 in)/40 cal. Krupp C97 guns 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in)/40 cal. Krupp C96 guns 10 × 6.6-centimeter (2.6 in)/45 cal Skoda guns 6 × 4.7-centimeter (1.9 in)/44 cal Skoda QF guns 2 × 4.7-cm/33 cal Skoda QF guns 2 × 45-centimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Waterline belt: 180–220 mm (7.1–8.7 in) Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in) Turrets & Casemates: 210–280 mm (8.3–11.0 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)

SMS Árpád  was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the early 20th century. She was launched on 11 September 1901 as the second of three Habsburg-class battleships. Along with her sister ships, she participated at the bombardment of Ancona during World War I. Due to a shortage of coal, she was soon decommissioned after the bombardment of Ancona and used as harbor defense ship for the remainder of the war. After the war, all of the Habsburg-class battleships were ceded to Great Britain as war prizes. She was scrapped in Italy in 1921.

Árpád was the second of three battleships of her class. Her hull was laid down on 10 June 1899 at the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard in Trieste. Following more than two years of construction, she was launched on 11 September 1901. After final fitting-out work was finished, Árpád was fully ready for service and commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy on 15 June 1903.

Like all ships of her class, Árpád was 113.11 m (371 ft 1 in) long at the waterline and was 114.55 m (375 ft 10 in) in overall length. She had a beam of 19.8 m (65 ft 0 in) and a draft of 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in).Freeboard was approximately 5.8 m (19 ft) forward and about 5.5 m (18 ft) aft. She also displaced 8,364 metric tons (8,232 long tons). Once construction on her had finished and she was commissioned into the Navy, Árpád had a crew of 638 officers and enlisted men.

Árpád was powered by 2-shaft, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, which were supplied with steam by 16 Belleville boilers. Árpád's power output was rated at 14,307 indicated horsepower (10,669 kW), which produced a top speed of 19.65 knots (36.39 km/h; 22.61 mph).